Calienta

Calienta is a form of the Spanish verb calentar, meaning to heat or warm. In the present tense, it functions as the third-person singular present indicative, translating as “he heats” or “it heats” (for example, El horno calienta la comida). It can also appear as the informal second-person singular imperative, meaning “heat (it)” or “warm (it)” when giving a direct command to someone familiar, as in Calienta la sopa.

Calentar is a regular -ar verb. Its standard conjugation in the present tense is: yo caliento, tú calientas, él calienta, nosotros calentamos, vosotros calentáis, ellos calientan. The imperative forms include calienta (tú), caliente (usted), calienten (ustedes). The gerund is calentando and the past participle is calentado. The related adjective caliente exists separately and means “hot” or “warm.”

Usage spans cooking, heating devices, and general descriptions of temperature or warming actions. Examples include “calentar la cena” (to heat up dinner) and “la habitación está caliente” (the room is warm). The form calienta appears in everyday speech and writing to indicate that a subject is causing heat or warmth in the indicated object.